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In the end, the political rumblings about a challenge to his leadership by furious conservatives proved to be largely overblown.

No alternative to Boehner's leadership
ever emerged, despite anger about the $620billion in taxes rises that he
rammed through the House on New Year's Day.

But, that didn't stop the few dissenters from making a lot of noise.

It began with Michigan Congressman Justin Amash, the third name on the roll call.

He promptly nominated Rep Raúl Labrador, of Idaho, according to Slate.com.

Tough vote: Boehner was publicly humiliated when ten members of his party openly revolted against his leadership

Rival? Rep Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader, received three votes for House Speaker

House members reacted with 'Ooohs.'

Rep Amash later took to Twitter to justify his choice.

'Proud 2 vote 4 @Raul_Labrador 4 Spkr. Raúl would defend liberty & work honestly w/Ds on debt reduction. We must act now 4 sake of next gen,' he wrote.

Reps Paul Broun, of Georgia, and Louie Gohmert, of Texas, voted for Allen West, a Tea Party leader who lost his seat in the House in the November election.

Reps Jim Bridestine, of Oklahoma, Scott Pearce, of Pennsylvania, and Ted Yoho, of Florida, all voted for Cantor.

The 113th Session of Congress, elected in November, sees the House with six fewer Republicans, but the party still firmly controls the chamber, 234 to 201.

Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi got 192 votes for House Speaker.

During the all-important fiscal cliff vote to prevent taxes from rising for middle class American families, just 85 Republicans sided with the House Speaker.

A total of 151 members of his party revolted and voted nay, causing the deal to pass with mostly Democratic support.

Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, the number-two and number-three Republican leaders in the house, both split with Boehner and voted against the bill.

Under pressure, Speaker John Boehner allegedly lost his temper on Tuesday and screamed at another politician for the second time in just a few days.

Boehner snapped at Frank LoBiondo, the Republican representative from New Jersey whose district includes a significant amount of beachfront that was wrecked in the October storm.

This comes just days after he told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to 'go f*** himself' while standing just feet away from the Oval Office.

In better days: John Boehner shakes the hand of Frank LoBiondo in January of last year, but this winter things have been a bit more tense since the Speaker pushed back a vote on the Hurricane Sandy relief package

‘I was chasing the Speaker all over the
House floor last night, trying to talk to him and his staff,’ Republican
Congressman Peter King said.

‘He kept telling me, wait until the vote is over, wait until the fiscal cliff vote is over, everything will be taken care of. And then he was gone. He refused to meet with us. He actually yelled at Congressman LoBiondo, saying, “I'm not meeting with you people.”’

The House of Representatives has been a harried place over the past few days, as lawmakers struggled to pass a budget bill that would stave off the so-called fiscal cliff.

Officials from New York and New Jersey, however, were left fuming after the Speaker reneged on earlier promises to hold a vote on the relief bill immediately after they voted on the fiscal cliff.

LoBiondo confirmed the story during a Wednesday interview on WNYC radio station on Wednesday.

Angry: Politicians from New York and New Jersey, including Peter King (left) and LiBiondo (right) have been talking with Boehner and urging him to schedule the vote soon so that help can be given

Shaky ground: House Speaker John Boehner faces an uncertain political future following wranglings over the fiscal cliff and further criticism for not pushing a vote on a Sandy relief bill

‘When it was clear that it wasn't happening, of course we got upset,’ he said.

‘Now I don't want to get into the particulars of whatever exchanges took place but the speaker did not want to meet with me or with anyone else last night and today we didn’t want to dredge up too much of the past but the speaker made it clear that it was his decision that in light of everything that had taken place yesterday in the House and the turmoil that was created with the fiscal cliff legislation, that he and he alone made a decision that it was not the right time to bring it up.’

The bill will provide $60billion in federal aide to areas in the Northeast that were damaged by the hurricane more than two months ago. The first version of the bill was expected to cost $6.4billion but the final $400,000 has since been removed.

LoBiondo and King are far from the only ones who are fired up about the postponement, as politicians from both sides of the aisle are blasting the Speaker for further delaying the vote.

One of the most vocal critics has been New Jersey governor Chris Christie who enjoyed a significant popularity boost in the wake of the storm because of his tenacity when it came to crossing party lines in order to help victims.

'I called the Speaker four times last night after 11.20pm and he did not take my calls,’ Christie said in a Wednesday press conference.

Embattled: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said today the John Boehner had refused to take his calls last night over the $60bn Sandy relief bill which is desperately needed in his home state

Disaster: Boats are seen in a yard, where they washed onto shore during Hurricane Sandy, near Monmouth Beach, New Jersey after the storm lashed the East Coast

Boehner has since assured concerned politicians that there will be two votes on Sandy relief funds, the first of which will take place on Friday January 15, the first full day of the House.

‘We've already heard from Senator (Charles) Schumer who has talked to Majority Leader (Eric) Cantor. We believe we're in synchronization, in coordination with the senate,’ LoBiondo said.

‘This can’t come any too soon people's lives have been devastated some people have lost everything, people are terribly suffering. New Jersey is a tourism state we're already battered with our economy this money is necessary weeks ago to get us on track for hopefully to resolve some of the summer season which is in serious jeopardy if we don’t get this money into the pipeline.

‘I believe that the Speaker and the Majority Leader are acting in good faith.’

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